Comments on: The RAVE Act - yes, I’m sure it’s worse than nothing

By: madprophet

madprophet — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You can send a letter to your Senators as well as to Sen. Biden over at Drug Policy Alliance.

By: --k.

--k. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Time to take Neal Pollack’s advice: repair to the public bathroom of the Senate office building wherein Sen. Biden’s offices are to be found; lay out a line of cocaine on the toilet lid; and snort away until the proprietors of said establishment are arrested under the terms of the law. –Biden issued a formal statement on the sneaky last-minute passage of this piece of crap that, of course, he hoped law enforcement would use their discretion in enforcing the law. It’s clear they are, indeed, using their discretion. Is there anyone in America who is willing to stand up and say that concert promoters and venue operators don’t “know” what gets done at in the bathrooms and parking lots of every single stadium-level concert in the country, whether it’s Brooks and Dunn or a KISS reunion? But it’s the raves and NORML fundraisers that get threatened.

This is a foul, foul law which is having every bad effect it could possibly have, and more, besides. It must be struck down. One way or another.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A simple solution is for the organizer to either say that clothing is prohibited, thus, meeting the demand that the people are screened. Squeamish folks could be supplied blue, green, or tie-die scrubs upon entering . . .

By: Amy S.

Amy S. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Y’know, someday the Feds are going to figure out how much money they could make off legalized, taxable marijuana. Probably not in my lifetime, but someday.

I personally can’t stand the stuff, but it’s always nice to hear Biden grinding the gears in his pathetic, chronically unimaginative little brain, giving me a rare opport– I mean, excuse to use the word “maggot” twice in one blog-stop.

Short of someone showing up on my doorstep with a bottle of really good Port and some of those yuppified Spanish almonds from New Seasons, I can’t imagine how life could get any better right now… :D

By: shell

shell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Barry–

Just wanted to say I’ve been reading–got the link from Phil–and I’m really enjoying your blog. Nothing more intelligent to say than that, unfortunately. I could say something about Celebrant Jones and classified information, I suppose… ;-)

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If someone were shot on the premises of a business that clearly posted signs prohibiting guns, would Mr. Kleiman be this eager to prosecute the business owner because s/he failed to prohibit the murder?

By: Jake Squid

Jake Squid — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

OH MY GOD. A “Pulp…” reference. Life is complete.

By: Raznor

Raznor — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

That’s it. The world’s totally messed up. I’m moving to the Moon.

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Shell! Wow! How are you? Thanks for your kind words about the blog… neat.

(For everyone else’s benefit, Shell and I attended the same college in 1986, but haven’t seen each other in… how many years?)

By: shell

shell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Pretty sure the last time we saw each other was Sarah’s wedding… Let me know if you’re ever in Texas!

By: Jonathan Edelstein

Jonathan Edelstein — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Why am I not surprised by this?

By: Molten Ice

Molten Ice — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. Our nourishment of choice is Love. Our addiction of choice is technology.

Our religion of choice is music. Our currency of choice is knowledge. Our politics of choice is none.

Our society of choice is utopian though we know it will never be.

You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You maybe unaware of our existence.

We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge you.

We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive children…

Do not take us from te stereotypical view of the nation, make up your own minds, we were given brains to think for ourselves…use them!

By: I protest.

I protest. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Protestations of fatigue.
Can I be done, now? The story about the so-called “weapons of mass destruction” is gaining steam in the media, particularly in the U.K. The situation in Iraq is spiralling down into chaos and violence, becoming the morass that those…